Racket frame



Passive- 21'. 9 s.; j 1551 332;

o is wiLLIAM nREAorI, on oiiIooPEE ,'raessnoriusn'r'rs. asslenon ro'A, GsreLnme AND 1330s., OF NEW YORK, N Y., AJCOBPQRATIQNEOF 'NEW JERSEY. 7

' V RAGKET FRAME. v

I Application filed October 22,1925! serial-no. 64,127.

I This invention relates to rackets having a inner side of the frame andin't he vicinity If hollow metal frame construction whereln, the of thecoordinate ;axes,' the strings run frame ends form the base portion ofthe straight out of-the eyelet and the only bend is handle, the framebeing bent to formaloop they. make. occurs in use when the ball is m;

5 of-suitableshape and provided with means struck hy'the strings'and acorresponding for stringing" the loop with ao 'suitable mate flexurethereofoccurs. 1 This "is very slight rial for providing a strikingsurface. and requires but small compensation there- More particularlythisinvent-ion has toodo for in the curvature of the inner: end of the VV with the formation of the holes in the eyelet. The outerend, however,must com-1.3a

10 racket frame and for further description 'pensatefor the. bend in thestring itbeing reference will now be had totheaccompany wound throughthe racket frame and hence,

ingdrawingsyin which the taper is. provided to givei'this require-Figure 1 isa plan viewofthe finished ment. V v Y racket. Y This form ofeyelet in" which each end is it! I Y Figure 2 is a section on line 22ofFig-Q formed so asto be best suited to the requireure 1 and looking inthe ,directionfof the men'ts' of their respective positions, is'newarrows. V i and isfhighly advantageous in the manufao- Figure S'is aside view of a portion ofthe ture of the-rackets. Y a a I frame lookingin the direction of the arrow. Y The taper; in, addition to providing asuit.- as in Figure, 1. Y V 1 ,able seat forthe-string whereby thelatter 7 'In the drawings a representsthe frame of isless liablet'ob'ebroken, also facilitates the a racket which is provided with 'a grooveoperation of stringing the racket by reason in its outer side as at b.Passing through of the 'fact that the awl can be inserted in f the frameto the groove arev holes" 0 which the hole. Due to the taper of theholefth'e (if) are tapered inwardly from the groove. s'tring is'notmashed at thecorner when the" Opening d is seen to be larger thanopening awl is driven intoplace; This structure pro-'1 of the hole andthe degree of this taper vides a new and valuable advance in the art Yconforms-to't-hat of the awl used when string 'and'renders themanufacture of metalframes ing theracket. Suitable eyelets f are proforrackets a commercial. success. a 79 Y '30 vided'which conform to thetaper 'ofthe lVhat'I claimis; Y Y holes and provide a smooth seat forthe; A racket frame comprising a hollow"me-' string. 7 Y 5 tallic memberand means therethrough for; i It will be seen that'these tapered eyeletsstringing the frame comprising eyelets are flared over and crimped oneither side of rounde'd over the sides of the frame member T- the frameto provide a smooth surface for' and taper-ed inwardly with a taperequa'l to thestring to engage. The eyelets arenot of that ofthe,awljusedlwhen stringing the r symmetrical formation, beingbell-shaped at racket. e1 Y I, their outer ends due to the ta'pe'rQ 1 6This specification signed this '15 day of V This design oft-he eyelethasbeen devised October A. D..1925. I Y 40 after much experimentatiom;to meet the re j 1 Y I i 1 quirements in theuse of the racket. -At the V'WILLIA M F.

